Isolina Carrillo
Composer
1907 – 1996
Who was Isolina Carrillo?
Isolina Carrillo was an outstanding composer, music and singer of Cuban pop music.
At the age of eleven she made her musical debut replacing a pianist that called in sick in her father’s orchestra. She came from a family very musical family related to music her brothers and father were musicians. She studied in the Municipal Conservatory of Havana.
In the 1940s is where she reached her greatest recognition as composer of boleros, guarachas and sons. Her songs included Fiesta de Besos, Canción sin Amor, Increíble and possibly the most famous of all her works, Dos Gardenias composed in 1947 . This last composition has been interpreted by many singers such as Daniel Santos, Antonio Machin, Pedro Vargas, Maria Rita, among others.
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